Pinewood Elementary -

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Today, Mrs. Washburn’s class celebrated Donuts with a Deputy, a reward that they bought with their class CATS Cash! Oshie was a little jealous of their doughnuts! 🍩 Thank you for hanging out with us, Dept. VanDis! 👮‍♂️

We had such a fun morning celebrating the holidays together! Thank you to all of our parent volunteers who helped make today extra special! 🎄🎅

This morning, we celebrated our monthly Wildcat Way winners! These students were selected by their teachers for being great examples of the trait of Empathy. We are so proud of them! Students are also enjoying Red and Green Day! ❤️🎄💚

Our first graders gifted us all with caroling today! They sang to every classroom as well as to those working in the Office. Thank you for bringing some holiday cheer to Pinewood, first grade! 🎶 🎄

Many of our students enjoyed shopping at the PPC Holiday Gift Shop this week. Thank you to our Parent Club and parent volunteers for making this event possible for our students! 🎁

Mrs. Brower’s class had a special visitor at their Doughnuts with a Deputy class celebration today! 🐕 👮‍♂️

The winter season has brought a lot of fun to Pinewood! The kids love being able to enjoy the sledding hill at recess, and the Candy Cane sale was the highlight of lunch time! ❤️❄️🤍

Another fun day of Goldie celebrations, a Balloon Parade, popcorn, and more! Hope you all have an amazing Thanksgiving break!

Today and tomorrow are packed full of fun activities in many of our classrooms! We are thankful for all of our staff and students who make Pinewood a special place to be! 🦃

Mr. Prestons’s class celebrated Donuts with a Deputy today! They earned this reward by saving $40 in Cat’s Cash (earned for positive behavior in Specials). Thank you to Dept. Jonkman for joining us! 🍩 🚓

Pinewood families, thank you so much for all of your support this week with Your Change Can Change Hunger! As a building, we raised $2,488.59 for Hand 2 Hand! Congratulations to Mrs. McElroy's class on taking first place by donating $439.40! In second place was our other 6th grade class, Mrs. Bitter, at $341.76. We are grateful for all of your generosity in supporting this amazing organization!

Yesterday, our first grade students got an agriculture lesson on the production of one of the best dairy products - ice cream! They got to hear a book, watch a video, talk about the steps it takes to produce ice cream and finally, they got to make ice cream. 🍦

This lesson was brought to our classroom through the Ottawa County Farm Bureau, Ag in the Classroom and the Critter Barn.

Our students are having so much fun learning to bowl in PE this week! 🎳

On Wednesday, we celebrated our monthly Wildcat Way students! These students were nominated by their teachers for being great examples of the trait Respect. We are so proud of them! 🐾

It was such a fun Halloween at Pinewood! Thank you to all of our volunteers who made today so special! Also, we loved having so many people out to see the parade! Hope you all have a fun and safe long weekend! 🎃 👻

Mrs. Palmer’s class had a blast with their annual pumpkin exploration activity today! Students practiced making estimations about how much their pumpkin weighed, as well as its circumference. Then they had fun decorating their pumpkins! Thank you to our special helpers for making this activity extra special! 🎃

Today, Mrs. Brower's class earned Donuts with a Deputy by cashing in their CAT's Cash (classroom money earned either individually when a student's name is drawn during the weekly Goldie drawings OR as a whole-class for demonstrating positive behavior during Specials classes)! Thank you to Dept. VanDis for joining our 4th graders for this special treat today! 🍩

Go Green! Go White! 💚🐾🤍 Way to show your Wildcat Pride today, Pinewood!